Gearing-up for Greek Week
As a way to show there's more to them than parties and date functions, fraternities and sororities are rolling out the red carpet for Greek Week.
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As a way to show there's more to them than parties and date functions, fraternities and sororities are rolling out the red carpet for Greek Week.
After the events of Sept. 11 last year, lines to donate blood stretched out the doors of University Hall and area clinics. But a year later, the number of willing donors has once again diminished, said Tammy Parrish, a team manager for Virginia Blood Services.
Congregated at the base of the Rotunda steps beneath a stormy sky last week, hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch theUniversity's many a cappella groups perform in the annual Rotunda Sing.
On sunny skied football game days, swarms of enthusiastic fans flock to Scott Stadium. They come to root for their home team, support their alma mater, and perhaps most importantly, pre-game.
Many third-year students now face some difficult decisions. No, not what majors to declare or what internships to apply for. But rather, silver or gold, garnet or sapphire?
Saying goodbye never is easy. You always have so much to say, so much you wish you could have said earlier.
P rejudice, ignorance, silence, self-segregation and racism - these words frequently were used over the past few weeks to describe the existing racial tension between black and white students on Grounds.
For all those students who have a particular interest in the crash of thunder or the terror of a hurricane, tonight you'll have the opportunity to hear John Scala speak from his own personal experience as a severe storm meteorologist for the Weather Channel.
Not every party begins and ends in Charlottesville - some could lead you to the home of the King.
In a colorful and enchanting Chinese Buddhist ritual rarely seen in the West, Buddhist monks and nuns performed the "Rite of Universal Liberation" in Newcomb Hall Ballroom Saturday.
Concepts like tradition, scholarship and practicality compose the very core of University life. The Office of Admission strives to find the most driven and goal-oriented students. So where then does a concept like spirituality come into play?
By Laura Good
Fourth-year College student Cavan Doyle is not getting any homework accomplished over Spring Break. Instead, she is doing something she finds much more worthwhile - traveling to Milan, Italy and Paris, two cities she never has visited before. Doyle has been planning her trip for some time and got her airplane tickets in November. She flies alone, but is meeting up with an Italian friend who lives in Milan who she became acquainted with two years ago during a summer volunteer program in Kenya.
Eight collegiate teams, two beat-up playing fields and one championship trophy, and this year, that trophy went to the Virginia men's rugby team.
It's not the first story they'll tell. It's not a story told very often.
Beneath the tented area temporarily in front of the University Bookstore, bargain-hunting students meander their way through racks of clothing in search of brand-name fashions at the cheapest prices.
Sorority girls in tight dance outfits, fraternity pledges in their most embarrassing moment and numerous University organizations all raising money for a great cause. It's Sigma Kappa sorority's annual philanthropy event this Wednesday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at O'Neill's Pub on the Corner.
They're everywhere you turn - guys clad in neatly pressed khakis and button-down collared shirts and girls parading around in fully coordinated outfits straight out of the latest Neiman-Marcus catalog.
Maybe it's the excitement of seeing a flurry of physicians bent over a patient in the emergency room. Or maybe it's the steady surgeons you've always had. But whatever the reason, many University students already have found their calling to the medical profession.
It's one of those traditions that has been around for so many years that no one seems to know when it began. It doesn't include breaking out the Sunday best to go cheer the men in orange and blue, nor does it include running across the Lawn in your birthday suit.